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SCR40Introduced in the Senate

Urging The County Of Hawaii And City And County Of Honolulu To Adopt Ordinances Banning The Sale, Rental, And Distribution Of Disposable Bodyboards.

Passed

Introduced by Mike Gabbard, District 21

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Official description

Urging The County Of Hawaii And City And County Of Honolulu To Adopt Ordinances Banning The Sale, Rental, And Distribution Of Disposable Bodyboards.

Where it stands

Certified copies of resolutions sent, 05-12-26.

May 12, 2026

How did lawmakers vote?

SenateStage: Senate Agriculture and Environment: Passed, Unamended · April 6, 2026

3

Yes

0

No

2

Absent or Not Voting

5 senators recorded in this Senate vote. Colors show vote categories only, not whether a vote was good or bad.

See how each senator voted

SenatorDistrictVote
Tim Richards4Yes
Lynn Decoite7Absent
Karl Rhoads13Yes
Mike Gabbard21Yes
Brenton Awa23Absent

Bill history

  1. Offered.

  2. Referred to AEN/CPN.

  3. Re-Referred to AEN.

  4. The committee(s) on AEN has scheduled a public hearing on 04-06-26 3:00PM; Conference Room 224 & Videoconference.

  5. The committee(s) on AEN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in AEN were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Gabbard, Richards, Rhoads; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) DeCoite, Awa.

  6. Reported from AEN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3473) with recommendation of adoption.

  7. One Day Notice 04-09-26.

  8. Report and Resolution Adopted. Transmitted to House.

  9. Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 449).

  10. Referred to EEP, WAL, referral sheet 28

  11. Resolution scheduled to be heard by EEP on Friday, 04-17-26 10:05AM in conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  12. The committee on EEP recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 6 Ayes: Representative(s) Lowen, Perruso, Chun, Kahaloa, Kusch, Matsumoto; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Quinlan.

  13. Reported from EEP (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2194-26), recommending referral to WAL.

  14. Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on WAL with Representative(s) Muraoka voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Garcia, Pierick voting no (2) and Representative(s) Alcos, Cochran, Woodson excused (3).

  15. Resolution scheduled to be heard by WAL on Thursday, 04-23-26 10:00AM in conference room 430 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  16. The committee on WAL recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 6 Ayes: Representative(s) Hashem, Morikawa, Iwamoto, Poepoe, Shimizu, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 3 Excused: Representative(s) Belatti, Ichiyama, Woodson.

  17. Reported from WAL (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2256-26), recommending adoption.

  18. Adopted with Representative(s) Alcos, Muraoka voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Garcia, Pierick voting no (2) and none excused (0).

  19. Transmitted to Senate.

  20. Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 846).

  21. Resolution adopted in final form.

  22. Certified copies of resolutions sent, 05-12-26.

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